Do you have any werid habits or preshot rituals that you use to get your mind right?

Myself, I sing White Snake's "Slow an Easy" I think of the beat and mouth the lyrics as I
am lining up and finding my marks on the lane, even as I take my first steps I am still
thinking slow and easy. It helps my feet stay slow, it relaxs me.

There is a female bowler on one of our leagues who every time after she delivers the ball she quickly pulls the back of her blouse down on queue every time.

Does she have incredible hooters?

I remember watching this guy who bowled in the league next to my Dad's (it was a split house) when I was a kid. I think he alone covered most of the comments in this thread...

He would start by thrusting the ball to the sky, and would then post it there for a moment, like the Statue of Liberty...until his left hand would slide up his forearm to the ball, and then he would drop it to a position about an inch above the approach...while having one heel raised in his stance!

I can't exactly remember his approach itself, but I seem to recall a little Fred Flintstone-ish "hoppity-skippity" stuff going on. And I recall him being a little angry...like he expected to be on the plus side every game, and was shocked by his horrible scores.

On top of all this...he had coke-bottle glasses, BIG rapist sideburns...and a long towel hanging out of his back pocket. It still makes me giggle every time I replay it in my head...and this was like 35 years ago!

I hold "it" because I don't want to loose concentration and I don't like ANY bowling alleys bathroom except for the one in Vegas!